Stories about slave catchers and resistance, from colonial era through Civil War.

This introductory episode explains the sectional controversies and clashes that set the stage for secession and war.

The hidden story of the Black descendants of James Madison, president of the United States of America, with an African slave.

Discover how post-Civil War America was a new world. Learn how African Americans made political, social and economic progress in the face of violence.

From the 1740s to the 1830s, slavery continued to support economic development, but the Revolutionary War revealed the contradictions of a nation seeking independence while denying freedom to its black citizens.

The complexities of the Civil War and Reconstruction are chronicled through the experience of slave Robert Smalls. The rise of militant groups and new segregation laws show that slavery's eradication had not ended black oppression.

How did participants remember and interpret the conflict in the decades after Appomattox? How do modern Americans view the people and events of 1861 to 1865? What are the types of understanding at which one can arrive?

Named general-in-chief in March 1864, Grant hoped to apply enough pressure across the board to crush the Confederacy. The most important actions would be led by Sherman in Georgia and Grant himself in Virginia.

After Atlanta fell, Hood tried to draw Sherman northward. Sherman followed briefly before deciding to cut loose from his supply lines on his famous March to the Sea, implementing the "strategy of exhaustion" in the Confederate interior.

The Emmy-nominated historical documentary INVISIBLE HISTORY: MIDDLE FLORIDA'S HIDDEN ROOTS sheds light on the invisible history of plantations and the enslaved in North Florida. With visually compelling imagery, the film explores the history of a people who contributed so much to what the region is today.